Understanding the proxy war between India Pakistan


Over 40 CRPF jawans were killed this Thursday  in a bomb attack by militants on their convoy in Indian-administered Kashmir. Pakistan as always has not taken any responsibilities of this attack, continuing it's never stopping proxy war with India.

What is a Proxy war

A proxy war is an armed conflict between two states or non-state actors which act on the instigation or on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities.
                                      

Mapping the terror groups in Pakistan
                               

Pakistan has not declared any war to India, but the numerous terror groups residing in it  Taliban and al Qaeda. Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) etc continuously invade the LOC , while closely operating with their Army.

Factors 

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Kashmir issue 
Pakistan claims Jammu and Kashmir based on its majority Muslim population, whereas China claims the Shaksam Valley and Aksai Chin. This is a territorial conflict primarily between India and Pakistan, having started just after the partition of India in 1947, where both the nations claiming it's right.
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Hafiz Saeed issue
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is a Pakistani Islamist militant, who is a co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and the chief of Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, a UN-designated terrorist organisation operating mainly from Pakistan. 

Saeed was 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind and has a $10M bounty on his head. Even after proven guilty he was put in home arrest in Pakistan, from where he openly addresses the ralleys

Drug war
Police inspecting a pipe used by smugglers
In order to weaken the youth and fund the terror groups, Punjab has become a major part of the so-called opium drug route that is now used for transporting heroin as well. Officials say smugglers use different routes to enter India, choosing between Punjab, Rajasthan or Indian-administered Kashmir.


Fake indian currency
According to Economic Times report, in more than 95 per cent cases, fake Rs 500 notes were traced to Pakistan
these fake currency is often flowed into indian economy through Nepal,Bangladesh network and the revenue generated from these fake currency is often employed in terror funding.
The recovered counterfeit money were found to be of high quality which cannot be detected by the naked eyes of a layman. (Photo source: Tanseem Haider)
Evidence has come on record indicating that fake currency was being used to fund terrorism. During the investigation of the case pertaining to the activities of David Coleman Headley and others, it was revealed that Fake Indian Currency Notes were given to him for use in India,"

Stone Pelters

Since the 2008 protests and 2010 unrest, the turmoil has taken a new dimension when people, particularly youngsters of the Kashmir valley have started pelting stones on security forces to express their aggression and protest for the loss of freedom. In turn they get attacked by the armed personnel with pellets, rubber bullets, sling shots and tear gas shells.

regular LOC ceasefires & insurgency.

All these factors continued over a long time leave a scar in Indian Border security.

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